とても

Japanese
Alternative spelling
迚も

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) とても [tòtémó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [to̞te̞mo̞]

    Adverb

    とても • (totemo) 

    1. very, exceedingly, awfully
      とても楽(たの)しかったです。
      Totemo tanoshikatta desu.
      It was very fun.
      とても残(ざん)念(ねん)です。
      Totemo zannen desu.
      It's truly a shame.
      とても助(たす)かります。
      Totemo tasukarimasu.
      It will help greatly.
      とても愛(あい)されている
      totemo aisareteiru
      loved very much
    2. (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means
      自(じ)分(ぶん)にはとてもできない仕(し)事(ごと)だ。
      Jibun ni wa totemo dekinai shigotoda.
      It's work that I could not possibly do.

    Synonyms

    Derived terms
    • 迚(とて)もじゃないが (totemo ja nai ga, “simply cannot”)
    • 迚(とて)も迚(とて)も (totemo totemo, “(before a negative form) simply cannot”)

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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